misyield

English

Alternative forms

• mis-yield

Etymology

From mis- +‎ yield.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /mɪsˈjiːld/

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• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪsjiːld/

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Verb

misyield (third-person singular simple present misyields, present participle misyielding, simple past misyielded or (obsolete) misyold, past participle misyielded or (obsolete) misyolden)

1. To yield incorrectly, wrongly, badly, or amiss.
   • 1990, Michael Pollak, Sense & censorship:

     He sternly criticised 'pygmean statesmen' who climbed the dizziest heights of power, inevitably resulting in 'misery for the mass', and he deplored the 'misyielding past' looking to the day when injustices would be turned around.

   • 2006, Ben Finkelstein, The Politics of Public Fund Investing:

     To appreciate how YTM can be “mis-yielding,” (misleading), take a look at Exhibit 8-5, which examines a bond purchased at par with 6 percent YTM under varying reinvestment or interest rate assumptions.

   • 2010, depression:

     A lack of ability of can also advance some eyewitnesss to misyield the side effects of panic disorders to be a case of social anxiety or accomplishance anxiety.

Noun

misyield (plural not attested)

1. A bad, wrong, or incorrect yield or product.
   • 1943, Königliche Preussische Landes-Oekonomie-Kollegium, Prussia (Germany). Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Domänen und Forsten, Germany. Reichsministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, Landwirtschaftliche Jahrbücher:

     On poorer medium soils mixed grain still gives a satisfactory yield where each single component, grown by itself, would often result in a misyield.

   • 1959, H. Schranz, PROCESS OF REDUCING THE CONSISTENCY OF:

     In the aforegoing examples the term "misyield" is employed to indicate that portion of the material treated which is not true sink or float material and is considered as a loss unless recycled.